Rearview Mirror Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium RSS Feed for Rearview Mirror Premium en-us Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT Coble's tenure at KGMB saw top ratings, zany antics http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130517__Cobles_tenure_at_KGMB_saw_top_ratings_zany_antics.html Last week, I talked to Linda Coble about how her television news career began. This week, we'll look at her time at KGMB, where she worked with some of Hawaii's finest journalists. Hard work helped Coble ascend in broadcast ranks http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130510__Hard_work_helped_Coble_ascend_in_broadcast_ranks.html About eight years ago I joined the Rotary Club of Honolulu, the largest and oldest in the state. I met many interesting people in the club, and one of them is Linda Coble. New owner of Lord's Caddy turns up a hidden treasure http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130503__New_owner_of_Lords_Caddy_turns_up_a_hidden_treasure.html Since I wrote my first "The Companies We Keep" book, many people have shared great stories with me about Hawaii people, places and companies. It's often a couple of stories a week, and led to my second, third and, next year, a fourth book. Ornate art, famous folks reside in Oahu Cemetery http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130426__Ornate_art_famous_folks_reside_in_Oahu_Cemetery.html Looking for art? Hono­lulu has several galleries and museums. There are many places to go. But you probably haven't thought of the Oahu Cemetery and Crematory in Nuuanu. You might be surprised to find that it has the finest and most abundant collection of 19th-century graveyard art in Hawaii. Dillinghams' palatial estate patterned after Italian villa http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130419_Dillinghams_palatial_estate_patterned_after_Italian_villa.html Last week, La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls asked me to speak to their students about the Dillinghams. Before baseball, Robinson broke tackles in islands http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130412__Before_baseball__Robinson_broke_tackles_in_islands.html The movie about the career of Jackie Robinson — "42" — is being released today. Robinson is well known for being the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball. Leahi Hospital first named for Britain’s Queen Victoria http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130405_Leahi_Hospital_first_named_for_Britains_Queen_Victoria.html In January 1900 a fire burned down much of Chinatown. Men, women and children fled. Some went to a camp at Queen and South streets in Kakaako, where an old kerosene warehouse once existed. Plane, not pirates, gave rise to Waipahu High's nickname http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130329__Plane_not_pirates_gave_rise_to_Waipahu_Highs_nickname.html You might wonder whether nicknames or mascots are interchangeable terms. Usually they are. Mascots are often costumed characters or animals, while nicknames might not take a physical form. Don Ho was a father figure to former isle newscaster http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130322_Don_Ho_was_a_father_figure_to_former_isle_newscaster.html When Barack Obama was a student at Punahou, Don Ho was performing in Waikiki. One of Ho's long-running jokes was that there should be a Hawaiian president. It was time. He volunteered himself for the job. "President Ho," he suggested. "I'd move the White House to Hawaii and call it the Ho House." Babe Ruth lit up Hilo park in 1933 exhibition ballgame http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20130315__Babe_Ruth_lit_up_Hilo_park_in_1933_exhibition_ballgame.html Last week I spoke to the Honolulu Quarterback Club. This is a group of Hawaii sports enthusiasts that meets every Monday for lunch at Maple Garden restaurant on Isenberg Street.